A theory of ironic processes of mental control is proposed to account for the intentional and
counterintentional effects that result from efforts at self-control of mental states. The theory …

The experience of willing an act arises from interpreting one's thought as the cause of the act.
Conscious will is thus experienced as a function of the priority, consistency, and exclusivity …

The experience of conscious will is the feeling that we are doing things. This feeling occurs
for many things we do, conveying to us again and again the sense that we consciously cause …

In a first experiment, subjects verbalizing the stream of consciousness for a 5-min period were
asked to try not to think of a white bear, but to ring a bell in case they did. As indicated both …

The most influential theory of group behavior that has ever been developed is currently in
disfavor. This is the theory of the group mind. Social commentators once found it very useful to …

Studied memory performance of 118 individuals who had been in close dating relationships
for at least 3 mo. For a memory task ostensibly to be performed by pairs, some Ss were …

This chapter is concerned with the thinking processes of the intimate dyad. So, although we
will focus from time to time on the thinking processes of the individual-as they influence and …

We conducted several tests of the idea that an inclination toward thought suppression is
associated with obsessive thinking and emotional reactivity. Initially, we developed a self‐report …

Issues in the cognitive representation and control of action are broached from the perspective
of action identification theory. This theory holds that any action can be identified in many …

This research examined individual differences in action identification level as measured by
the Behavior Identification Form. Action identification theory holds that any action can be …